NTAP--CommVault Systems and Network Appliance Announce Galaxy Enterprise 2000 for Next-Generation Data Protection of NetApp Filers
OCEANPORT, N.J. and SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2000--
Revolutionary Solution Delivers First End-to-End Browser-based Enterprise Storage Management Solution for
Network Appliance Environments -
CommVault Systems Inc., an industry-leading provider of enterprise data and storage management software solutions for heterogeneous computing environments, and Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content management solutions, today announced the availability of the CommVault® Galaxy(TM) Enterprise 2000 data and storage management software solution for Network Appliance environments. The union of CommVault Galaxy software and Network Appliance(TM) filers offers customers an easy to use, global data protection solution that scales to handle multiple terabytes of capacity, delivering the lowest administration cost, significantly better access to application data and drastically improved backup and recovery flexibility. Based on the industry-standard Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP), Galaxy is the first product to offer customers a single solution for managing Microsoft® Windows® and UNIX® backup and recovery from an intuitive browser-based interface.
CommVault Galaxy Enterprise 2000 features a next-generation architecture that was specifically designed to deliver superior performance and protection for enterprise environments where data is distributed across multiple computing platforms and sites. This unique architecture makes Galaxy Enterprise 2000 the logical backup and recovery solution of choice for today's large global, data-intensive enterprises, including Internet service providers (ISPs), application service providers (ASPs), and storage service providers (SSPs).
As the industry-leading backup and recovery solution for Microsoft Windows 2000 environments, the CommVault Galaxy software now offers advanced heterogeneous data and storage management functionality for application-specific data residing on Network Appliance filers. Galaxy's logical data view lets administrators browse, find and recover all versions of lost information from days to years ago, eliminating many of the management difficulties encountered by users of traditional backup products that utilize physical device orientation.
``CommVault is proud to be working closely with Network Appliance to provide a seamless solution with advanced data and storage management functionality for our customers,'' said David West, vice president of business development, CommVault Systems. ``This solution enables both companies to effectively address customers' demand for complementary software and hardware technologies that unleash the full power of their data and storage management system infrastructures.''
With the certification of the CommVault Galaxy Enterprise 2000 release for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) versions 2 and 3, customers are assured fast, reliable protection of heterogeneous data residing on Network Appliance filers with Data ONTAP(TM) versions 5.3.x or higher. CommVault Galaxy Enterprise 2000 fully supports and protects all multi-protocol data managed by Network Appliance. Galaxy Enterprise 2000 also provides enhanced media management functionality that allows customers to better leverage their investment by configuring libraries to be shared between NetApp filers and other servers.
From Galaxy's revolutionary unified console, administrators can simultaneously set storage policies, monitor events, and seamlessly enhance the availability of critical business information on NetApp filers and LAN-based data - without the need for separate `bolt-on' options or the need to tab between screens or interfaces. As a result, the blend of Network Appliance filers and the CommVault Galaxy data and storage management solution is much easier to use, requires less training, offers better performance and improves application data availability.
``Network Appliance is working closely with CommVault to deliver advanced, complementary solutions that provide enterprise-class reliability and performance for our customers,'' said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing, Network Appliance. ``We continue to evolve next-generation network storage architectures, and are proud to provide our customers compatible solutions that enable bulletproof data protection and disaster recovery for real-world deployments today.''
For additional information, visit the Network Appliance section of the CommVault Systems website at galaxy.commvault.com
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file serving and caching, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S+P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and ISPs, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions. NetApp Internet caching solutions (NetCache(TM) appliances) and file servers (filers) deliver fast, simple, reliable, and cost-effective access to network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared file services for UNIX, Windows NT®, and the World Wide Web. The company pioneered the concept of the ``network appliance,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance filers and NetCache appliances are based on the company's innovative data access software known as the Data ONTAP operating system and standards-compliant hardware.
About CommVault Systems
CommVault Systems, Inc. (R) is a worldwide leader in providing enterprise-wide storage management solutions for client/server environments. The company's singular focus is creating and implementing fast, reliable, and easy-to-use storage management solutions to meet customer's data management requirements. The company's software products seamlessly ensure the reliable, rapid restoration of files, business-critical applications, and today's most popular databases. Information on CommVault is available on the World Wide Web at www.commvault.com or by calling (732) 870-4000. CommVault's corporate headquarters is located in Oceanport, New Jersey in the United States.
CommVault, CommVault Systems, CommVault Galaxy, and the CommVault logo are trademarks and may be registered trademarks in some jurisdictions of CommVault Systems, Inc.
NetApp is a registered trademark and Network Appliance, NetCache, and Data ONTAP are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. |
